405: The Benevolence of the Powerful

Accidental Tech Podcast

• Pre-show: Why are we recording early?
• Follow-up:
  • Casey’s watch band
  • youtube-dl is back on Github
    • Github works with ICE, which is gross and should stop
      • Feel free to tell Github this is gross
    • Github’s statement about youtube-dl
    • EFF’s counterargument to the RIAA’s claim
      • Donate to the EFF
  • M1 chip name predictions (Overcast link) (via Cameron Deardorff)
  • ARM Macs and Touch
  • macOS 11.1 is in Beta
  • McGurk effect
    • Explainer Video
    • Text-based TikTok (via Erik Berlin)
  • Casey’s weird discovery
• Casey got new watches
  • Gruber’s sizing pictures
  • Studio Neat Material Dock
• M1 Mac Performance
  • Initial Benchmarks
  • M1 emulating x86 is still silly fast
  • Panzarino’s unxip’ing Xcode
  • Nilay Patel’s tweet
  • AnandTech’s review
  • Snell’s Xcode benchmarks
• M1 MacBook reviews
• App Store Small Business Program
  • Six Colors Summary
  • US taxes over the years
• Post-show:
  • Casey is begging for help on FB8893003. Please, Apple. Please.
  • John’s iPhone 12 Pro cases sitrep
    • SENA case

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